Pierre-Luc Dubois shares untold story behind Alex Ovechkin's iconic belly flop after breaking Wayne Grezky's all

Pierre-Luc Dubois shares untold story behind Alex Ovechkin's iconic belly flop after breaking Wayne Grezky's all

Alex Ovechkin is the NHL's leading scorer with 897 goals. He entered the game on April 6 tied with Wayne Gretzky with 894 goals.

Pierre-Luc Dubois on Alex Ovechkin’s iconic belly flop after breaking the NHL goals record: ‘[It] wasn’t what he wanted to do at all’

When Alex Ovechkin passed Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky for most NHL goals all time, he celebrated by giving the hockey world a belly flop for the ages at UBS Arena. It became so iconic the Washington Capitals decided to immortalize it on rally towels for fans at the very next home game. View this post on Instagram But the Capitals captain admitted that’s not at all how he intended to celebrate his legendary achievement. “Ice was bad toda…